Motif
serial deadly bridegroom
serial_deadly_bridegroom
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 196-317 confidence: high
Schahriar concludes all women are wicked; each evening he marries a new wife and has her strangled the next morning, while the grand-vizir reluctantly supplies the brides.
Schahriar marries a fresh wife every evening and has her strangled the next morning, creating a repeating cycle of threatened brides.
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